LATAM Airlines Brazil has announced a substantial investment of US$7 million in the expansion of its maintenance base at LATAM MRO in São Carlos, São Paulo, marking the airline’s largest commitment to its facilities in the past decade. This funding will support the construction of a new, specialised hangar dedicated to Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, […]
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Eirtech Aviation Services, a sister company of International Aerospace Coatings (IAC), has announced the appointment of Michael Sattler as President. Based at the company’s headquarters in Shannon, Ireland, Sattler brings over 30 years of aviation experience to the role. Prior to joining Eirtech Aviation Services, he held senior leadership positions at prominent companies, including Jet
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EASTEC and Thales have renewed their partnership agreement in a signing ceremony at the 15th Airshow in Zhuhai, China. Under this contract extension, Thales will continue providing maintenance and repair services for its avionics equipment installed on China Eastern Airlines’ A320, A330 and B737 fleets until 2029. This renewal builds upon a successful collaboration that
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RECARO Aircraft Seating (RECARO) and Iberia have reached a significant milestone in their ongoing partnership with the launch of the A321XLR aircraft featuring RECARO’s new R3 economy-class seats on Iberia’s Madrid to Boston route. The inaugural flight for this new configuration is set to take-off November 14. As the launch customer for the award-winning R3
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Spirit AeroSystems has announced a critical financial arrangement with Boeing, which will provide the company with up to US$350 million in advance payments. This cash infusion is designed to alleviate some of Spirit’s ongoing financial challenges, including excessive inventory levels, strained operational cash flows and escalating production costs that have put pressure on its balance
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Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright have jointly developed the Honeywell Connected Recorder-25 (HCR-25), a combined cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) now available for applicable Boeing and Airbus commercial and cargo aircraft. The HCR-25 was type-certified for use on Boeing 737, 767 and 777 aircraft last year and is set to be type-certified for
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Boeing’s 2024 World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF) anticipates robust growth for the air cargo industry, projecting an average annual increase of 4% in air cargo traffic through 2043. This sustained growth follows a post-pandemic resurgence, with current air cargo volumes already exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Darren Hulst, Boeing’s Vice President of Commercial Marketing, attributes this momentum
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Chromalloy has announced the signing of a distribution and license agreement with AAR, under which AAR will exclusively distribute the company’s PMA (parts manufacturer approval) parts for the CF6-80C2 engine high-pressure turbine (HPT) Stage 1 and Stage 2 blades across the global aftermarket. However, some account coverage exclusions apply due to Chromalloy’s existing customer agreements.
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Virgin Australia has implemented necessary adjustments to its Bali flight schedule following the eruption of Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia. The volcanic eruption has released a significant ash cloud, making it unsafe to operate flights to and from Denpasar, Bali. Consequently, all Virgin Australia flights scheduled to depart for, or arrive from, Denpasar on November 13,
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SAS has joined a collaborative initiative between Danish green hydrogen producers and Dutch industrial markets, officially launched in the presence of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, His Majesty King Frederik of Denmark, Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Climate Policy and Green Growth Sophie Hermans, and Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and
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